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1 t 0 MM JlTJLj MEN" ABE CBEATBD F,Bre3.-A.IT'I3EQXJA.Xj. By W. B. Scott & Co. Maryville, Tenn., Saturday, FcnniLiiiY 2G, 1870. Vol. -Ill No. 8 j r - - lit aw I 1 & Profesoional Cards. ( Medical. Jno, Blankinship, M, D. ps: ' AND TKACTlCIsa OFFICE NO. 50 MAIN STREET Maryviile, Tenn. J0 Wo (SiiESa & aa lllif Mb Ml I-, Office at residence. MARYVILLE ::::::: TENN- PHZSIOI A. IT, FRIENDS VILLE, TENN. an30-12m. Late rlactitionpr in the City of Lynchburg Ya fc the past ten years, offers his PROFESSIONAL SERVICES To t.''ctiti7c-ns of Knoxville and its vicinty i'ecliiii; assured he cm give general and eu tire .sa'fcfaciion. I Arti Titian Teeth luscrtri on Fluiina, Gold, Silver, and til- cat itf h as to rwtore nature i penecumi. Sj,rtiaLitkn!ivn VviiUo the Auuru I'tcU. JXltJork Warranted (' Of y i., Kl"xv rjr Tennessee. AVill till WjfvllU th; FirH Week f VT-jw-ir -"-!-,!e' H"iel- 7 AUorhcys;..?v M'SilHLlY k Attorneys at Lav, J Attorney at Law, : MARY VJLLV, EAST TENN., ' TTill practice in all tuo Courts of Blount and ftuIoiui'iR Counties, and at the Su .pTCJUi Court at Knoxville, Tennessee. 4M2G ly. eiiffis IPa WilSTj Attorney at Law, Jf ART VILLE, TENNESSEE, ' T7i'l pr.-.ctico in the Circuit and Chancery Courts of Blount, Sevier and adjoining ' ccuuties. Special attention given to the collection of Claims, Oct26 ly . LOOK! LOOK! Profitable Employment FOR ALL. Local ARenU wfintol erTj-wliere for tho Jtrarst ONE DOLLAR BALE in the coun 'v. ti n-hom we o(Tr the most liberal in i.lJLa'enti. Send tor t't uinrs, 8. C. THOMPSON k CO., ' . 13ft Federal 6t., Boston, Mas- Or 18 8 ate S'raet, Chicago, 111. ' iBLOOMIITC3-TO JLST Illinois Nursery. OihJYEARI 500 ACREfii 10 GItEN HOUSES! OVER 600 SORTS OF ROES 'OUR ROOTS, 1ARGE8T, beet stock ami shipping fueili 1 tica- App ea 1, 2, 8 yr., 1000 fine 1 jr., $25. 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One Square one insertion J 1 00 Each additional insertion SO One Square oni month . two months " thre raontlis 2 50 4 00 5 00 One-four'h column one year 20 CO One-half column one year 40 00 One column one year 75 00 Professional Cards, six linos, . . , . . 8 00 The excess of six lines 50 cents per line. Announcing Candidates, County, .. 300 Municipal Officers 2 00 Ed lorial notices 15 cents per line. PBEMnJMS: For a club of tea subscribers, ar companied by tho cash, $15. wo will send to getter up of club, in addition to an extra copy of tho Republican, a copy of either tho Evening Lamp, Wood's Household Magazine, the American Stock Journal, Packard's Monthly, or the Western Monthly, For a club of twenty subscribers, accompanied by the cash, ?30, we will send to the getter up of club, in addition to an extra copy of tho Re ruBLiCAN, copy of Harper's Monthly Ulagazine, Illustrated Weekly, or Me Knoxville -Daily Whig Directory. ; cp,TNTyf;QFFicrA.(s..i Clianccry 'Court ,Clcrh--B. Goddard.v Deputy ChaAc'ery Court .Cler-rSS h ' McConneil. " Sheriff John D. Alexander. - j Deputy Sheriffs James Farmer Circuit Court Clerk Will A. McTeer. County Court Cl:rkl. 0. Tucker. Register'?. V. Wallace. Trustee E. Nunn. Tax Collector J. C. Edmonson. Commissioner of Registration James. Dunter Henry. Coroner-. Surveyor E. Sanderson. Chairman Covr.ty Court-J Armbristor RAILROAD GUIDE. EAST TEXNE3-EE VIlvGwIA R. R. President 11. D. Eoarden. Superintendent.. Secretary and Treasurer,U. II. Camp bell. Depot Agent at MaryvilleA.. Kon. nedy,jr. TIME TABLE. Leave Maryvilla at 8:40 A.M.' Arrive at Knoxville at 10:00 A. M. Leave Knoxville at 2 :40 P. M. Arrive at Maryville at 4 P. M. KNOXVILLE & CHARLESTON R. F.. President.. Thomas II. Calloway. Superintendent.. Joseph Jacques. ,, General Freight and Ticket Agent. J. R. Garden. Secretary and Treasurer.. J. R. Mitch ell. Local Freight A'gt-.A.. G. Jackson, jr. TIME TABLE. ? Leave Knoxville at 11:15, a. sc. t , ; Arrive at Brisiol at C:10.ii. ' Leave Bristol at 6:53 a, w; ' ' Arrive at Knoxville at 12:64 f. MV EAST TENNESSEE k GEORGIA R. R. President.. Thomas LI, Calloway. Superintendent R. C. Jackson General Freight and Ticket Agent O. II. P. Rogan. Secretary and Treasurer. R. M. Fisher Local Freight Ag't..'hoB. J. Moore. TIMETABLE. Leave Knoxville at 1:14 im. Arrive at Chattanooga at 7:20 r.jf. Leave Chattanooga at 4:45 a. m. Arrive at Knoxville at 1 1:07 i. m, KNOXVILLE A KENTUCKY R. R. President.. Joseph Mabry Secretary and Treasurer-John L Moses. TIMETABLE. .' Leave Knoxville at 4 r. x. Arrive at Coal Crek at 6:35 r. jr. Leave Coal Creek at 7:30 a. n. Arrive at Knoxville at 10.-05 a. n. The Backwoods Gathering. Tbo following beautiful repro sentation of the commemoration of tbo inestinable blessings of a free government, a custom faithfully ob served in many Btatcs nntil a few years past by tho old pioneers, is the production of a worthy citizen of Blount county, who has recent ly come among us : Tho clear sun of a summer morn ing had risen ; the notes of tho bn- glo and the roll of the drum awoke the echoes of tho wood r.nd tbo sleeping soldiery, The tents are soon struck the early drill is per formed and tho morning meal is eaten ; arms and uniform are put in their best condition, and all is ready for tho grand display. Not to a l-attlo field, reader, r.re you to bo now introduced ; nor to tho pomp and circumstance of war- no human bodies, prc3trate in death, nor "garments rolled in blood" shall offend your siht. . It is a per.cefn' scene. Tho people-", of a western State meet to celebrate the hun dredth year sinco its first settle ments. Loyalty was then undoubt ed, and actual, shocking rrar, such as wo have lately known, vns reen even dimly in tho dirtanco, . by few if any.. . '.: , , Such gatherings vo find occurring in every age. It 13 ; natural and right to meet and recount the story of the post. ' The first settlers of any Und, if good, deserve special honor ; and their descendants do well to- rehearse . their fortitude, virtue, their dangers.. andelivcvau; gratiitpde anxt' led to' imitate th amjile of their fathers. . ., Oa.the morning, alIu4cKl !;iori that beautifurwoodland ppstui-o, tho birds seemed to hush thoir early song and listen to the strains of partial music; the fat ox and the young untamed borso forgot to oat as they stood gazing through tho trees, in wonder at the intruders on their rich domain. The trees are full of foliage tho maple, hicko ry and chesnut, form a canopy ex cluding the rays of the ascending sun. . . A spacious platform i3 erected in tho shade from which the orators shall discourso. In front of this, ex tending up that gently. rising slope, seats aro placod to accommodate tho advancing host; and there, at a little distance, under 1 those wide spreading elms, you may seo long lines of trenches, filled . with burning coals, over which tbo vari ous victims are suspended, in pre paration for the public feast. ' And now, as tho morning advances, " tho pooplo come they fill every road and lane from every ,farm house, village, town and city in , tho State, thoy como. People of : all ages and condition ; in carriages of all descrip tion a and,, on foot", : they ' come, fjto. take part, on this joj(uJ day, in the celebration of the centenary of their native State ; as each company en ters and takes the place assigned it, the music from tho full band tbo shouts of the people and the roar of cannon announce and wclcomo its arrival. There now, on tho platform yen see the Judges of the Jand in simple dignity, seated together ; and there the military of every grado in rich, and dazrling uniform ; there," too, the lawyers, their briefs and clients for the time forgotten. Here arc officers of colleges and schools,- en joying tho Bceno., Lrtdies, , children, soldiers, and men of all elasses occ u py tho seals prepared ; and carriu ges, drawn up in tho rear encircles the vast area, contains tho beauty of the State, and 'the stars and stripes waves nitijehticnlh'cttr; all- Hni Columbia i:i played ih fine effect. And now tbo oVdcrJof - day begins. First of all, as t-i Wittlan people, they lioc, uncover tnd tiii-, aid cd by the Band, loio tlmo cf Old Hundred, the vorfv4,Yc nations round tlrj earth t o,. ... Lly, iii that k-ryatrt-iiwelN cd and rose as il to w;ncu tho-skies; and from those. sLr iho spirits of tho early settler, ny; linro looked down delimited vr'ih tho sceno and song. . 1 ';H'Tj : r Prayer to J;nVKr GofJ waMhen offered, and then ;.&- tho oration of tho day. . x. , .. Tho thcrno wr,i' imppily chosen and uUy matiigcL JfHjlf, attcttive, and moved r.t tit 13 to tears, vas that v:ct assrrlr5 vhilo ho spol:e in burning ' v ords of their history, their iiei'c"iU'.iDd their or. ligstionF. . ': '(!" ; ' 'J'hcy had .Loui 'delivered ,?6m savufo fi'-js and fj:n a foreign pow er ; t iicy lived iliy' l'.iet now under UKrcv. n vines ;.( rl fig trec3 ; nndcr n Government r'jtr ; own cboos-. mg. 'i'liry Ind jbnWdcOTcd and reaped. JVollinj . villages, towns, anu itic0 haU ,ij-r!iig up as by raa. ic; a?ii f-e'ilsl'i'ollcgespiid church es corned tN Tjvi. ' ".r.rl row,"" ' h.y, whr.t onfut to be "the honef&'fwrncst pnrpo' u of rrmr hr", I lliiB--tf.v rrt t'.int. 1 hn f ,L ,i i j ci-ur litineis ra; y ue our Jinn our children's Godvi the latest posteri ty V Few lct't 'treir1 seats that day without rcFoJvfr, o bd; "be tier men , too; c v. c 1 thy l,l-.i.fcfl e worthy. This &! jL ed ; j'riend i to" " meet r and conrfiittlrtn (r;ndi hp.nd grapped bend, ar4 'l'p. j-Wec' 10 lip. ;. And now the'bugl cillc 1 'to dinner. On tables under the li:is ws placed ocd stJliiQieni ig nil ; well muted ineat; well Ibakod bread; pvtro water lrom tho spring : nclons and early fruits in fbpr.danco were on tho board ; s! wcrnsoen ' palisficd, none ivciit "empty nwej'; even the birds carlo to VuHrc in tho bounty. Ou the platforni was seatod in tho afternoon, an aged woman, tho first whiio person' born in tho State. Dressed in bt? scarlet cloak she roso to Fpeak, an! .her trembling words were reported "to' tho peoplo. Sho told of her tPr.'y-1mpressions and of the pleasore the fel in living to soo euch a day; 'Mrhen about 14 years old," said flhf i"I went with a cous in, a girf abost my own age, on 1 Sunday after:io6n, to tho bank of the river, toother flowers and bcrr ics, forgetful or. iho danger and the many wafntegi given by friends. We wandered along tho bank of the stream, out of sight of tho house, when, suddenly, four Indians sprang upon us, sei zed, gagged, and hurried -us along away. I re member dropping crumbs of broad from ray - pocket, and breaking twigs in the path, as guides to our friends in ptran.it. But the frown of the sartige and the gleaming of the hatchetj flourished over my head, causei" me to , desist." Sho told of their long and weary march, and of their delivaranco by. their fathers and brothers who camo up on their captors by surprise t-arly in tho morning ! tho third day, and how they were borne in safety by their friends to their joyful home. As tho aged woman closed her short recital, tho acclamations of the people rent tho air. 1 Two days were epcrit in this pylvffn .scene Many speeches were mado and many eharniing stories wero told of the Ml v 3 and marriages, tho useful lives ami thJ hnppy deaths of tho men vr.i woinriv' ;of..flh3r davs. Thus terminated this brilliant, happy, and instructive occasion J'ot an accident ocourred, n,pr an unkind word was uttered, but all re- turned joyful and grateful to their homes; Bomo seriously thinking, where, how, and hy whom the next similar celebration should be held. And new that thr State to which ft r i.aifl t.4ti-nT K fill ttV4 , Las passed through a time of great trial, and now still stands in renew ed f.trength, let all the States unite i n ono long, loud, and heartfelt ut terance, faying of tho American Union, Esto Perpetua. If. makyvilm; RErtLi CAW. AYIiat cur Friends say olus. From the Nashvdle Republican Ban ner, ISth inrt. ' Mr. W. B. Seott, of tho Maryville, (Tennessee) Republican, a colored man, and ono of tho most intelligent of his r?.co with vhotn we Lave con versed, i now in the city in tho in- tercet cf his paper, lie called on n9 yesterday and laid Lcforo us his pro posed programme of action for tho amelioration of tho condition of his people, and wo earnestly commend his praiseworthy endeavors to all humane citizens, who, we aro sat isfied, will approve his course Ilis paper has accomplished much good for Lis orn people and for the peace of society in East Tennessee, and it is to enlarge the circulation rnd to secnrc.the aid of our assistance to that end, that he now-Visits the middle divisLoii of the Sate,' - Thus Juibo bu Ken eminently tVWcssful . tit Sjjen ring libtral Mib?criptioni from many of our most influential citizens. Many persons aro subscribing to the paper for their colored employes and servants, in order to enlarge the Influence which the editor has been tnablcd to exert amongst his own race, to draw them away from the pernicious influences of selfish agi tators, who aro seeking at all sea sons to array them as a race rath er tban a party against their white neighbors and employers from whom they mainly derive support for themselves and families. Being a colored man himself, and also a Re publican though a decent and con servative one, in pleasing contrast to tho bogus republicanism of some white-skinned knavos we know of and withal, intellectually the super ion of many of the Radical doma gogucs who aro mischievously in viting a military dictatorship for their own State and people. Mr. Scott has the means of doing great good to tho colored race and to the State, if sustained with half the material support that is given the Radical paper now published in Blount county, for no othor'purpose than to counteract the fnfluenco of tho well intentioned colored citi zen. He proposes, also, during his stay in Nashville, to deliver a lecturo on the domestic political situation, to the colored people, of Nashville and Davidson county at an early day, if a suitable hall can be procured. Those colored people who are men tally capable of reason, and arc no afraid to hear the arguments of truth will do injustice to theii own raco and to themselves, if they fail to give a respectful hearing to ono of their own race, who, wo firmly bcliove, is the best friend they have in Tenncss see. With this introduction, wo cheerfully give place to tho follows ing circular from theso colored pro prietors of the Mnryvillo Republican, to which we have individually sub subscribed ourselves, and to which we solicit the aid of all well-wisher of conservative peace against radical proscription in the community: Office Maryville Replblicav. J Maryville, Tenn., Fe b., 10, 1370. ) To tho friends of conservatism and the enemies of radicalism: Fbienps We earnestly ask j-our consideration of the chums ot tho Republican, a (colored Conservative newspaper published in Maryville, Blount county, the stronghold of 'lyoscrpliYe, fanatical 'rnijicaliru.' !TTlo cours,cf tbo Republican, in the late emancipation ot the people or Tennessee from political slavery, L well known to every reading man. Tho Republican now needs. the assis tance of its friends to successfully meet the enemies of peace, through their rival organ,the Soldiers Gazette. The editors of the Republican wero kept away from the polls on lust August, and mobs paraded in front of their dwellings, inretitcning theia with summary vengeaneo if they dared vote for Seuter ami "enfran chisement." They have d;ired to do right in tho faco of a hostile and in tolerant foe manfully enunciating the principles of ni lionality with a fearlessness uneqttaled. Their con Tie has rebuked in the conversion of numerous other colored men, who are beginning to open their eyes to the iniquities of their Radical brelh crn in tho guise of R pubiicanhni. The Republican now stands in ir.-cd of assistance from tho friends of peace, and it is hoped that a liberal contribution will bo giving. The ed itors propose to increases its cinu latiou by asking conservative citi zens of all parties of Middle Tonnes seo to subscribe, and if they do not want the paper, that it. may be sent to sorno colored man thoy may desi ignato, thus increasing its usefulness in tho propagation of true conser vaMro ideas. W. B Scott k Co., Proprietors. Death of lfiiv J. ,WeIcy w M ? llarpei. Air jeseph Wesley Harper died this? meriting at half ;past ; eight o'clock, at his house, No. 93 Clark street, jn Brooklyn. Mr Llarpcr was one of the four brothers who founded the famous publishing House of Harper & Broth ers. IIo was the son of a farmer, who lived in Newtown, on Long Is land, on a place which is we believe still owned by the family. The father apprenticed his sons, of which he had four, John, James, Josph Wesley and Fletcher, to tho printing trade, and all of them serv ed their nppicnticcsbip through, and wero, when of age, taken into tho firm founded by the elder brother. Thoy began business as printers for publishers, but soon began to publish ontheir own account, and mado their earliest successes, not on ly through being go'd workmen themselves, but also by the excellent and sound judgment which they showed in tho selection of books lor publication.The literary culturo and correct taste of Mr. Wesley Harper contributed everyjurgelyto this result .tanner,J19fft ifir. ST To our mind, tho most pitiab ly contemptible object in nature in yotr cunning knavibb selfish, blatant loudmouthed demagogue, ranting like a bedlamite alwnj's at the most inappropriate periods, in order to foist himself lucrative position upon the shoulders of his lellow-citizcns. Yet, if one thing more than another denotes a healthy and sound, condi tion of mind among tho peoplo of our State and section, it is that the' ar at last learning to appreciate such tricksters at their true value, and to cherish for them only j honest in dignation and quiet contempt. As a rule theso noisy and mischievous "big-medicine men' of the political profession aro tho shallowest of hum bugs. Tho industrious masses of tho South just now looking after the farm work for the spring; taking stocks for the spring trade ; building factories and railroads, have no lirao to read or listen to harangues of mere politicians and clique leaders, and precious little patience with their ingenious little games for self promotion. The country has some thing more profitable to engage its attention. Nashville Manner. McCLUNG COLLECTION LAWSON McGHEE LIBRARY KNOXVILLE, JEWJtuaaf--- i"'r 5jjoicc ".-J-JQ;(ill () -. c